2026
Big Iron
An Arizona Ranger rides into the town of Agua Fria to confront the outlaw Texas Red. Townspeople expect the Ranger to become the outlaw’s twenty-first victim, but their duel ends almost instantly when the Ranger proves faster.
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2025
Haiku from Seventeen Syllables
A single sentence captures the ease—and emotional cost—of outwardly agreeing when one’s true answer is no.